by 1994 with a painstakingly dismantled, mandela was elected president. president obama said this. >> we lost one of the most influential, courageous and profoundly good human beings that any of us will share time with on this earth. through his fooes fierce dignit will to sacrifice his free dop for others, he transformed south africa and moved all of us. >> nelson mandela, his country's george washington and abraham lincoln dead tonight. he was up there with gone did and churchill. >> not only a great leader for his country but such a role model for the world. >> absolutely. >> and he will sorely be missed. inspiring life story. thank you for watching "nightly business report." i'm susie gharib -- >> i'm tyler mathisen. thank you very much. we'll see you back here tomorrow night. >>> "nightly business report" has been brought to you in part by thestreet.com, up to the minute stock market news and in depth analysis. our quant rating service provides objective independent ratings daily on over 4300 stocks. learn more at the street.com/nbr. explore new worl